Atreyu: The Low Down

The show was great. Atreyu is always great. However I think it's their worst performance that I've seen.
Ranking:
1. Taste of Chaos '08
2. Taste of Chaos (07?)
3. Palladium (05?)
4.Mayhem Fest '10

While I'm at it, I'll rank Eighteen Visions as well.
1. The Station (with Imani)
2. Orono '04
3. Palladium (05?)
4. The Station (with Iszy)

Their performance was great. Of course the guitarist are so skilled that they can't jump around a ton and go crazy because of the technical aspect. Alex was full of energy though as always! Brandon was a g-d on drums and his voice is that of an angel. I like him live because he doesn't sound as trained as on the albums. Alex's voice has developed well. He never sounds trained, but he sings more now. I like where this band is heading. I've been a fan for 7.5 years and I'm looking forward to many more years.

Being a fan for so long of course has lead to me to believe that anyone who jumped on the band wagon with the release A Death Grip On Yesterday or more recently is not a TRUE Atreyu fan. Sorry guys, you just don't cut it as the real deal, but I still love you for loving Atreyu anyway.

I still think the Atreyu-Eighteen visions era was the best that there was. The shows were amazing. The energy was amazing. The crowds were smaller, but the fans were more hardcore so the shows were off the roof. Imani was my partner in crime at those shows. She went as crazy as I did.

If I could relive any 18V show for the rest of my life it would be the Station show with Imani. They had strobes and for about 5 seconds I though I was dead and had gone to heaven. Heaven being one of my favorite bands playing shows forever and me being in the front row and achieving absolute happiness for 1 moment. Or for Atreyu, the most recent Taste of Chaos show. Iszy and I tore into that crowd and I've never rocked out harder.

Happiness is what we're searching for all our lives. Sometimes we achieve moments of bliss, but most never achieve a constant happiness without sadness or something else coming up along the way. Those blissful moments last longest at shows.

Here's one way to tell the difference between hardcore fans and the rest. We expect pain, bruises, cuts, blood, and know there is always a possibility of death involved. We also know there's a code. The larger people help the smaller people if something happens. We're friendly in between sets. (Ex. woman who tied the back of my bathing suit when it came undone).

If you aren't willing to take those risks, then don't come and ruin it for the rest of us. We're family and we don't need people to come along and change that. If you want to be part of that family, then join us.